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S. J. BUZZINI.

PIRE ARM.

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SALVATORE J. BIZZINI, (,)F NEW YORK, X. Y.

FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,482` dated April 20. 18l'6V Application filed January 11H80.

To all whom, it' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SALvA'roRn J. Buzznvt, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to breech loadi ng and other tire-arms, including rifles; and it consists in novel means, substantially as hereinafter described,and pointed ont in the claims, for securing the barrel of the fire-arm to its place, and for providing for its ready attachment and detachment or replacen'ient by another barrel, when required, without having recourse to a gunsmith or other skilled artisan, which will be found a great convenience to Sportsmen and others engaged in military orturget practice. It also provides for a more accurate return of the barrel to its normal position than is practicable when the barrel is secured to its place by screwing it into the stock of the fire-arm, and it furthermore provides for the ready dismembermeut and securing of the fore-arm and stock as well as the, barrel ofthe gun.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this spccilieation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section, upon the line .'r in Fig. 2, of a fire-arm in part with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a plan, upon a larger scale, of a portion of the stock and fore-arm with certain securing means applied, the barrel being removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse section upon the line g1g/in Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 a transverse section upon the line s z in Fig. 1.

A is the stock, B the forearm, and C the barrel, of a breech-loading tire-arm.

The fore-arm B is represented as being constructed to fit against the forward end of the stock A and to engage therewith, as by a dowel-pin, b, and rear-projecting lapping pieces c, arranged to enter within the forward halfsocket portion, d, of the stock. It is secured to its place when thus fitted to the stock by means substantially as hereinafter described.

Sciial No. btitlil, (Xn modell The barrel (j is held down to its place wilhin the forearm ll by one or more clamping rings or bands,l). slid to their places over the barrel and over the forward. tapering end of the fore-arm, and euch secured, when slid or lies within the half-socket portion d ot' the stock, and may or may not he provided with a rear smooth extension, y, arranged to lit r within a receiving smooth socket or tubula r or ehamhered portion, li, of the stock. This smoothsocket-likelit oftlul hurl-el inthe stock, however, is preferred, and importantly differsy from a screw A threaded iit ot' the barrel with the steek. When the barrel tl is iitted to its place, it is firmly held down thereto at itsrear end and secured from forward or longitudinal movement by a lockingcapl (l. which is constructed to clip or hug the upper half of the portion of the barrel within ther tiangesff, and either to enter at its sides down within the hal f`socket portion (Z of the stock, as shown in Fig. .5,or to pass down the outside thereof, as desired. Said detachable saddle-like cap G,when thus litted to its place, may be removably held or secured in various ways-as, for instance, by a key or screw passing through it and the stock; but it is preferred to secure it by a button, H, pivoted at i' to the interior ofthe bottom of thehalf-soeket d, and engaging at its ends with the sides of the cap through slots lc therein, and with or through slots or notches lin the sides of the half-socket portion d of the stock. This button II is turned to make the engagement,as described, or to disengage it, as required, by means of a rod or bar, I, pivoted toit, and arranged to extend into the fore-arm beneath the barrel, and provided at or near its forward end with a hook- ICO ing pin or lip, m, thus making the bnr l :t hook-one that when the bnt tou H istnrned by it toloek the cap G engages with nu npert u re, n., in the bottom of the fore-erm, :ind serves not only to hold the button Il in its engaged position, buty also to hold the tore- :trui l up against the front end of the Stock A. The exp G is constructed on its top to also form the bnsepiece .l ofthe hinged :ind adjustable sight piece J J-sueh, for instance, us is ordinarily arranged upon the hzirrel ot' the tire-arm, whereby said enp. in addition to its regular function of holding the barrel, also forms the sighb-eztrrier.

Then it is required to detach the barrel C, all that is necessary is, first, to press in the hook-catch E,so as to disengage it from the clamping-band l), which is then slipped or slid from the barrel and fore -arm B ot" the gnu, after which the forenrm is slightly` tipped down in front to disengnge it from the the hook-bnr I, and is drawn out of I(ind disengaged from the stock A. The exposed hook -bur I is then worked by the iingers to disengage the button H from its lock or hold on the cap G, to permit of the removal of the cap, after which the barrel C may be removed from the stock. \Vhen it is required to return the barrel to its plnce,orto replace it by another interehmigenhle one, either of the saine or ditterent; bore, the barrel is placed, as required, in the half-socket d of the stock, the cap G applied over the barrel between the iittugesff, and the hook bnr] adjusted to engage with the cup and stock. The fore-arm is then adjusted toits place,nnd the band D secured in its position, causing the hook-bar I, which engages with the fore- :trin,tvo be secured in its locking position.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new und desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the stoel; A of the gun and the detachable barrel C, of the independent and sepzirately-detachable barrelholding cup(,|n:1 letoeiigztgewitlitheimi'rel and stock in ztdvitnee ot' the reni' end oi' the hurrel, and ot' strnp or saddle-like construe tion,with its closed endshuped to clip the npper portion of the linrrel, but lett wholl) free .or open beneath the lutrrel, whereby sziid cup muy be titled down over the barrel zitter the hitter hns been inserted to its pince, und the lmrrel ennnot he detached till :tt'ter the cup luis been disengnged, snhstnnlinlly :is speeitied.

2. The eonibinntion, with the stock A, hair ing' :1 puitiul Socket portiondt. nud the burrel t, fitting down within snid soclieted portion, ot the detacintble suddlelilte independentburrelholding esp G, of closed construction :it its upper end,but left, wholly open beneath, :ind adapted to engage with the stock and barrel, and means for seonrinirj,` stiid cup when so engaged. essentially :is described.

3. The combimition, with the hnlfeocketed portion d of the stock, the detachable bnrrel C, und detnchzthle forezn'ni B, ofthe borrelholding detachable saddle-like eztp G and the hnt'tion H with itsnttnched hook-bnr [,ndnpted to lock or hold said cup :ind fore urm to their places. subst-initially us specified.

4. The combination, with the steelt of the fire-arm and its dctaehaltle forearm l, constrncted to engnge with the stock, of the :intoimttie-loeking hook-bnr or catch I, connected :ind engugi ng at its opposite ends, respectively, with the stoel; and fore nrnnessentiully :isnnd for the purpose herein set forth.

5. The clamping ring,r or bund D, arranged to embrace hoth the barrel und fore arm of the gun, und the hoolcljinr l, connected with the stock ot' the `:gun and arranged to engage with the fore-arm thereof,in combination with the detachable saddle-like cap G, the detnehn ble barrel C, und the detachable fore-umn l, substantially :is specified.

SALYATORE J. B'IlZZINl. \\'itnesses:

A. GREGORY, C. Snnowieit.

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